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Can a Green New Deal boost the US economy and save the planet?

Sarah Silbiger / eyevine

By Chelsea Whyte

A PROPOSAL to eliminate US greenhouse gas emissions and create millions of jobs is garnering growing support, in part thanks to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (pictured above), a 29-year-old, progressive Congresswoman just voted into office.

Called the Green New Deal, its goals are wide-ranging. They include moving the US to 100 per cent clean and renewable electricity by 2035 and zero net emissions by 2050, while creating 10 million energy infrastructure jobs.

Tying climate change solutions to jobs is clever. It could follow the path to success of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), an Obama-era …